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Weighing costs, smoker's section & snowed in

February 2, 2023

Interesting fact: The first time smoking was curtailed in Congress was 1871, when a dozen eggs cost 30 cents.

January 26, 2023

Interesting fact: International law dictates that all go signals must be green, but due to some linguistic stubbornness, you get traffic lights in Japan that are the bluest possible shade of green.

Earning your stripes, turf wars and a rice gesture

January 19, 2023

Interesting fact: The inventor of road striping was following a leaky milk truck down the road when the idea came to him: why not store milk in jugs instead of trucks?

Sweat it out, Xmas year-round & fake it till you make it

January 12, 2023

Interesting fact: Electric Christmas lights were a status symbol for many years after being invented. So keeping strands up year-round will impress the heck out of any time travelers from the past.

Barking at ghosts, mommy issues and playing with dolls

January 5, 2023

Interesting fact: That string of random &#^$*@ characters we use for swearing in print is called a “grawlix” and should be spoken as “bleep.” Or “bleeping,” as context requires.

Battling the bulge, berry deep thoughts & whisky is for fighting

December 22, 2022

Interesting fact: Humans share about 60% of our genes with bananas. Also, about 60% with fruit flies. Ergo, fruit flies are made of actual fruit.

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